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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by James » January 29th, 2020, 7:36 pm

I know how you did it! ;) Last year was the first year I used that format. I meant to obscure the link this year while testing but apparently never got around to it.

I use lots of sample data when testing things out so you're lucky I noticed your entry before I deleted all that and set this live! But I kept it and your ballot is in!

For future reference, might not want to do something like that. There was an error on the ballot that got caught today. And I was making other changes until the last minute. I double checked your ballot and it doesn't look like the error effected you, so no harm there.

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by Daniel » January 30th, 2020, 3:19 pm

Definitely entering this year! To repeat myself from years past, I really hope one of our longtime members wins! :)

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by James » January 31st, 2020, 1:22 pm

That'd be cool!

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by James » February 3rd, 2020, 12:52 pm

Just to make sure that we, the people who bring you this site, have a proper sense of humiliation humility going into this thing, here are the staff results of the contest for the past 15 years!

Numbers after the year are: [W] total out of 22 the actual winner had correct that year; and [T] total number of entries that year.

Numbers before names are what place that person came in that year. Numbers after names are how many that person had correct out of 22.
2005 (W18 T83)
12. Josh (12)
49. James (8)
74. Ben (6)

2006 (W18 T70)
4. Josh (16)
22. James (12)
32. Ben (10)
45. Brandon (9)

2007 (W14 T37)
2. Josh (13)
6. Ben (12)
18. Meg (10)
27. James (8)

2008 (W16 T77)
10. Josh (13)
21. Daniel (12)
21. Jafar (12)
46. Meg (9)
53. Ben (8)
69. James (5)

2009 (W20 T65)
3. Jafar (19)
7. Josh (18)
35. Ben (14)
44. James (11)
48. Daniel (10)

2010 (W19 T61)
1. Jafar (19)
3. Meg (17)
25. Rodney (14)
32. Daniel (13)
32. Dacey (13)
32. Zach (13)
43. James (11)
54. Ben (8)

2011 (W20 T101)
6. Josh (18)
23. Jafar (16)
59. Dacey (13)
80. James (10)
80. Randall (10)
92. Ben (8)

2012 (W18 T84)
32. Jafar (15)
32. Jeremy (15)
43. Ben (14)
52. Dacey (13)
59. Randall (11)
66. James (9)

2013 (W20 T77)
7. Josh (17)
18. Jafar (16)
35. Ben (15)
51. James (12)
59. Dacey (11)
70. Randall (7)

2014 (W21 T70)
1. Jafar (21)
52. Ben (16)
52. James (16)
59. Dacey (15)
60. Daniel (14)
66. Randall (9)

2015 (W19 T81)
43. James (14)
59. Ben (12)
68. Dacey (8)
75. Randall (5)

2016 (W18 T69)
2. Dacey (17)
43. James (14)
53. Ben (13)
58. Randall (10)

2017 (W17 T82)
13. Dan (15)
59. James (12)
54. Dacey (11)
54. Ben (11)
75. Randall (7)

2018 (W21 T69)
12. Ben (19)
60. James (11)
61. Dacey (10)
65. Randall (5)

2019 (W19 T53)
7. Ben (15)
42. Dacey (11)
44. James (9)
44. Randall (9)

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by Daniel » February 3rd, 2020, 1:48 pm

Ah yes, 2008... had I won the tiebreaker, I would've won a copy of The Aristocats!

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by Randall » February 3rd, 2020, 8:15 pm

Did I really not participate those first few years? Huh.

And I only really, really stunk the past few years, it seems. Ah, the good old days, when I was only the second-dumbest one on staff---!

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by droosan » February 3rd, 2020, 8:38 pm

I've never done well at this contest .. I had a 2-3 year streak of being in absolute 'dead-last' place, and gave up entirely on even entering the past couple of years. :oops:

But I did submit an entry, earlier this week .. so, everyone else's chances has probably increased. :lol:

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by gaastra » February 5th, 2020, 10:22 am

I fail so bad at this every year but love doing the contest. Lol. Yeah I tend to end up at the bottom also but its fun to pick the winners so it's fine.

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by James » February 5th, 2020, 10:38 am

Friday is the last day to enter! Due to some behind the scenes issues, we released this later than usual so ballots are a little down from previous years. So be sure to get yours in and pass the link around!

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by James » February 6th, 2020, 1:22 am

If you've already entered, be sure to check out the results page. I've gone ahead and entered preliminary data for the consensus picks in each category. The last row will show how many of your picks match what the majority of other AV players said.

Obviously that consensus may change as more players enter so those numbers may change as well. Also, one category had a tie, so a perfect match with the consensus is 21 for now, not 22. Tie is broken! 22 is the perfect match with the consensus now.

https://animatedviews.com/oscars/2020/results.php

Don't freak out if your picks don't align with everyone else. Since 2012, the consensus is averaging 17 out of 22 right. Last year it only got 13 right!
Consensus correct picks:
2012 - 17
2013 - 17
2014 - 21
2015 - 18
2016 - 16
2017 - 15
2018 - 19
2019 - 13

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by droosan » February 6th, 2020, 6:14 am

James wrote:
February 6th, 2020, 1:22 am
If you've already entered, be sure to check out the results page. I've gone ahead and entered preliminary data for the consensus picks in each category. The last row will show how many of your picks match what the majority of other AV players said.

Obviously that consensus may change as more players enter so those numbers may change as well. Also, one category had a tie, so a perfect match with the consensus is 21 for now, not 22. Tie is broken! 22 is the perfect match with the consensus now.

https://animatedviews.com/oscars/2020/results.php

Don't freak out if your picks don't align with everyone else. Since 2012, the consensus is averaging 17 out of 22 right. Last year it only got 13 right!
Consensus correct picks:
2012 - 17
2013 - 17
2014 - 21
2015 - 18
2016 - 16
2017 - 15
2018 - 19
2019 - 13
So .. I'm in 'last place' again, before it's even started..? :|

Good to know. :lol:

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020 - FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO ENTER!

Post by James » February 7th, 2020, 10:36 pm

Just a heads up before the Oscar contest officially closes.

It looks some people have signed up for multiple accounts today using usernames with tiny differences, then entered the contest multiple times with just minor variations in their ballots.

The rules clearly state "One entry per person please. If you send more than one entry, only the first one received will be counted."

If the administrators of the contest believe someone is breaking a rule, we will disqualify ballots with no warnings.

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by James » February 8th, 2020, 12:27 am

The contest has officially closed! Thanks to all who entered. Check out our story on the front page to see the consensus choice in each category.

https://animatedviews.com/2020/oscar-night-2020/

Print a list of all nominees (with your picks marked) here:

http://animatedviews.com/oscars/2020/review.html

And be sure to visit us during the show for a live chat!

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8434

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by Ben » February 8th, 2020, 7:45 am

That’s appalling. Hopefully it should be obvious and you can sift through and keep multiple players disqualified. More than usual it really would be nice for one of the regular visitors to the boards to win this year. Maybe we should have it that you need to make an undisclosed number of posts during the year to enter, making it more of a regular/fair event as opposed to people who just sign up to try and win...and then cheat by attempting to beat the odds by entering what are basically alternative ballots.

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Re: Oscar Contest 2020

Post by James » February 8th, 2020, 10:18 pm

Just a reminder of a new feature added last year: on the results page you can see what other players picked in each category by moving your mouse over the table.

https://animatedviews.com/oscars/2020/results.php

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